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Route Reliability

LAN → Detroit

LAN–DTW · 74 miles · LAN Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
1,021
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 1,021 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LAN–DTW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LAN–DTW flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

LAN–DTW flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 59% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(151 flights)
  • Tue76%(152 flights)
  • Wed75%(151 flights)
  • Thu78%(151 flights)
  • Fri74%(150 flights)
  • Sat84%(107 flights)
  • Sun73%(148 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM84%(338 flights)
  • 6–9 AM68%(22 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(269 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(92 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(289 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 83% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%84
July 202581%85
August 202583%87
September 202592%86
October 202591%88
November 202580%79
December 202551%78
January 202653%81
February 202673%78
March 202662%87
April 202680%86
May 202682%91

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Based on 1,021 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.